Adobe Lightroom 4 is Now Available as a Free Public Beta

If you're dying to get your hands on the
latest and greatest from Adobe, here's your chance. The upcoming
Lightroom 4 is available now as a public beta, meaning that you can
go download a nearly complete version from Adobe and use it to your
heart's content.

Lightroom 4 brings plenty of new
features to the table, starting with a brand new tonal adjustment that
takes the entire dynamic range into consideration as well as noise
reduction, moire and white balance controls.

You'll also be able to enjoy native
video support, which lets you trim clips and pull individual frames
if you so desire. Adobe says that many, but not all of the Lightroom
controls can be applied to video. You can export video as H.264 or
directly to Facebook or Flickr.